Feb 02, 2026: Use Snowsight to manage external volumes (Preview)¶

You can now use Snowsight to manage external volumes for Apache Iceberg™ tables by performing the following tasks:

• Create an external volume, which includes optionally setting the external volume as the default at the account, database, or schema level
• Grant USAGE privileges to an external volume
• Add a storage location to an external volume
• Verify an external volume to check that Snowflake can successfully authenticate to your storage provider
• Drop an external volume

For more information, see the following topics:

• Configure an external volume
• Drop an external volume by using Snowsight